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embowled

embowled is the simple past and past participle of embowl.

Meaning of embowl

Verb

embowl (third-person singular simple present embowls, present participle embowling, simple past and past participle embowled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To form like a bowl
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to give a globular shape to.
    • 16th century,Philip Sidney, Sidney Psalms
      the Earth, embowl'd by thee

Questions about embowled

What is embowled the simple past and past participle of?
Embowled is the simple past and past participle of embowl.

Words near embowled in the dictionary

  1. embowerment
  2. embowerments
  3. embowers
  4. embowing
  5. embowl
  6. embowled
  7. embowling
  8. embowls
  9. embowment
  10. embowments
  11. embows

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